A major U.S. consumer of RPET enjoyed higher sales figures but suffered significantly lower net income last fiscal year. One reason was cheap polyester imports from China and India.
A major U.S. consumer of RPET enjoyed higher sales figures but suffered significantly lower net income last fiscal year. One reason was cheap polyester imports from China and India.
Dow has become the latest virgin plastics company to announce it will offer products derived from a chemical recycling technology.
Citing the need to meet rising demand in the near future, plastics producer Indorama is investing $1 billion in its recycling division.
The sixth- and seventh-largest states in the country recently approved legislation that could help operators using pyrolysis and other technologies.
Industry-wide challenges are causing recycling-related skepticism among the public. But that’s not leading consumers to stop recycling, according to a recent survey.
Recovered plastic has largely stopped flowing from the U.S. into India, which until recently has been among the top importers of the material.
PET and HDPE bales are fetching lower prices than they were a month ago, but PP and high-grade film have shown stability.
North America’s largest companies collecting, sorting and selling curbside plastics continue to feel the pain of low commodity prices.
Keurig Dr Pepper announced its goal of using 30% post-consumer content across its packaging portfolio by 2025.
Coca-Cola will use recycled PET and plant-derived plastic in a Dasani water bottle, creating a package known as the “HybridBottle.” The move is one of several recycling-related changes being rolled out.